Viruses work by taking control of our cells and carefully reprogramming them into machines to make more viruses. Because of ...

Blood tests have shown that about 7 per cent of workers on dairy farms that had H5N1 outbreaks had antibodies against the ...

Wastewater in several Californian cities, including San Francisco and Los Angeles, recently tested positive for bird flu. But ...

The health agency now urges proactive testing and treatment for the virus among any workers who were exposed to H5N1.

USDA both regulating and promoting livestock industries – prevents appropriate responses to outbreaks of infectious disease.

Dr. Todd Ellerin, chief of infectious diseases at South Shore Health, answers questions about the recent infection of a pig ...

Bird flu has been found in at least one pig at a backyard farm in Oregon, the first detection of the H5N1 virus in swine in the United States, the U.S. Agriculture Department said Wednesday.

USDA recently confirmed the first case of H5N1 bird flu in a pig. Dr. Megan Niederwerder, executive director of the Swine ...

Last week eastern Washington farm workers tested positive for bird flu after being in close contact with sick poultry. A pig ...

The discovery of an infected pig at a backyard farm in Oregon raises concerns about bird flu's potential to become a human threat. NEW YORK — A pig at an Oregon farm was found to have bird flu ...

Eight Cache County dairy herds tested positive for bird flu, prompting quarantines. The bird flu, fatal to poultry, is less harmful to dairy cattle, officials say. Dairy and poultry owners are ...

A person has tested positive in British Columbia, Canadian health officials said, though the results must be sent to another ...